This is a list of premiers of the province of British Columbia in order of time served in office as premiers as of {{FULLDATE}}. The preceding premier retains the office during an election campaign, and that time is included in the total.
{{legend2|{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|BC|None}}|No party affiliation|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{legend2|{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|BC|Conservative}}|British Columbia Conservative Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{legend2|{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|BC|Liberal}}|British Columbia Liberal Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{legend2|{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|BC|Social Credit}}|British Columbia Social Credit Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{legend2|{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|BC|NDP}}|British Columbia New Democratic Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}| Rank | Name | Time in office | Dates in power | Mandates | | BC|Social Credit|background}} style="text-align: center;"|1 | W.{{nbsp}}A.{{nbsp}}C. Bennett | 1952|08|01|1972|09|15}} | 1952–1972 | 7 |
| BC|Conservative|background}} style="text-align: center;"|2 | Richard McBride | 1903|06|01|1915|12|15}} | 1903–1915 | 4 |
| BC|Social Credit|background}} style="text-align: center;"|3 | Bill Bennett | 1975|12|22|1986|08|06}} | 1975–1986 | 3 |
| BC|Liberal|background}} style="text-align: center;"|4 | Gordon Campbell | 2001|06|05|2011|03|14}} | 2001–2011 | 3 |
| BC|Liberal|background}} style="text-align: center;"|5 | name=died|Died in office}} | 1918|03|06|1927|08|17}} | 1918–1927 | 2 |
| BC|Liberal|background}} style="text-align: center;"|6 | Thomas Dufferin Pattullo | 1933|11|15|1941|12|09}} | 1933–1941 | 2 |
| BC|Liberal|background}} style="text-align: center;"|7 | Christy Clark | 2011|3|14|2017|7|18}} | 2011–2017 | 2{{efn|name=accord|Christy Clark's Liberal government won a plurality of seats in the 2017 provincial election, but the resulting 41st Parliament of British Columbia passed a motion of no confidence against her government less than two months into her mandate. With the Opposition NDP and Green Party having made a confidence and supply agreement, the lieutenant-governor invited NDP leader John Horgan to form a government. This table counts the 2017 election as a win for both Clark and Horgan.}} |
| BC|Liberal|background}} style="text-align: center;"|8 | John Hart | 1941|12|09|1947|12|29}} | 1941–1947 | 2 |
| BC|None|background}} style="text-align: center;"|9 | George Anthony Walkem | In two blocks: {{Age in years and days|1874|02|11|1876|01|27}} & {{Age in years and days|1878|06|25|1882|06|06}}.}} | 1874–1876
1878–1882 | name=na-mandate|Prior to 1903, British Columbia operated without political parties. As governments were formed by and from elected non-partisan legislators, no premier from this period was elected with an explicit mandate to govern. However, informal pro- and anti-government alliances did exist.}} |
| BC|Conservative|background}} style="text-align: center;"|10 | Simon Fraser Tolmie | 1928|08|21|1933|11|15}} | 1928–1933 | 1 |
| BC|Social Credit|background}} style="text-align: center;"|11 | Bill Vander Zalm | 1986|08|06|1991|04|02}} | 1986–1991 | 1 |
| BC|Liberal|background}} style="text-align: center;"|12 | Boss Johnson | 1947|12|29|1952|08|01}} | 1947–1952 | 1 |
| BC|NDP|background}} style="text-align: center;"|13 | Mike Harcourt | 1991|11|05|1996|02|22}} | 1991–1996 | 1 |
| BC|None|background}} style="text-align: center;"|14 | name=died}} | 1883|01|29|1887|03|28}} | 1883–1887 | name=na-mandate}} |
| BC|NDP|background}} style="text-align: center;"|15 | Glen Clark | 1996|02|22|1999|08|25}} | 1996–1999 | 1 |
| BC|None|background}} style="text-align: center;"|16 | John Herbert Turner | 1895|03|04|1898|08|08}} | 1895–1898 | name=na-mandate}} |
| BC|NDP|background}} style="text-align: center;"|17 | Dave Barrett | 1972|09|15|1975|12|22}} | 1972–1975 | 1 |
| BC|None|background}} style="text-align: center;"|18 | name=died}} | 1889|08|02|1892|06|29}} | 1889–1892 | name=na-mandate}} |
| BC|None|background}} style="text-align: center;"|19 | Theodore Davie | 1892|07|02|1895|03|02}} | 1892–1895 | name=na-mandate}} |
| BC|None|background}} style="text-align: center;"|20 | James Dunsmuir | 1900|06|15|1902|11|21}} | 1900–1902 | name=na-mandate}} |
| BC|None|background}} style="text-align: center;"|21 | Andrew Charles Elliott | 1876|02|01|1878|06|25}} | 1876–1878 | name=na-mandate}} |
| BC|None|background}} style="text-align: center;"|22 | name=died}} | 1887|04|01|1889|08|01}} | 1887–1889 | name=na-mandate}} |
| BC|NDP|background}} style="text-align: center;"|23 | John Horgan (incumbent) | 2017|07|18}} | 2017–present | 1{{efn|name=accord}} |
| BC|None|background}} style="text-align: center;"|24 | Charles Augustus Semlin | 1898|08|15|1900|02|27}} | 1898–1900 | name=na-mandate}} |
| BC|NDP|background}} style="text-align: center;"|25 | Ujjal Dosanjh | 2000|02|24|2001|06|05}} | 2000–2001 | 0 |
| BC|Liberal|background}} style="text-align: center;"|26 | name=died}} | 1916|11|23|1918|03|01}} | 1916–1918 | 1 |
| BC|None|background}} style="text-align: center;"|27 | Amor De Cosmos | 1872|12|23|1874|02|09}} | 1872–1874 | name=na-mandate}} |
| BC|None|background}} style="text-align: center;"|28 | John Foster McCreight | 1871|11|14|1872|12|23}} | 1871–1872 | name=na-mandate}} |
| BC|Liberal|background}} style="text-align: center;"|29 | John Duncan MacLean | 1927|08|20|1928|08|20}} | 1927–1928 | 0 |
| BC|Conservative|background}} style="text-align: center;"|30 | William John Bowser | 1915|12|15|1916|11|23}} days | 1915–1916 | 0 |
| BC|None|background}} style="text-align: center;"|31 | Robert Beaven | 1882|06|13|1883|01|29}} days | 1882–1883 | name=na-mandate}} |
| BC|Social Credit|background}} style="text-align: center;"|32 | Rita Johnston | 1991|04|02|1991|11|05}} days | 1991 | 0 |
| BC|None|background}} style="text-align: center;"|33 | Edward Gawler Prior | 1902|11|21|1903|06|01}} days | 1902–1903 | name=na-mandate}} |
| BC|NDP|background}} style="text-align: center;"|34 | Dan Miller | 1999|08|25|2000|02|24}} days | 1999–2000 | 0 |
| BC|None|background}} style="text-align: center;"|35 | Joseph Martin | 1900|02|28|1900|06|14}} days | 1900 | name=na-mandate}} |